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The UW-La Crosse Men’s Track and Field team, along with physical education faculty, hosted six sport camps to keep young children active during the first week of January. Photo by U.S. Army. Photo by Spc. Caitlin Wilkins, 50th Public Affairs Detachment.

Welcoming our new neighbors Posted 11:36 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 UWL community engagement creates local partnerships to service and support the needs of Afghan people Read

Spencer Reichart, a junior sprinter at UWL, tosses a ball to a child during the youth sports camps at Fort McCoy. The camps are intended to engage Afghan child evacuees while giving UWL students valuable experience working with children.

UWL volunteers bring sports camps to Fort McCoy Posted 8:46 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 Programs will support Afghan child evacuees Read

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Five benefits of partnering with UWL Posted 7 a.m. Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 Why community organizations and businesses should seek help from students, faculty for special projects Read

Lisa Klein, UWL Community Engagement Coordinator, loads toys collected for Afghan children at Fort McCoy. The two-week, campus-wide effort netted around 400 toys.

Play time Posted 10:09 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 Campus toy drive for Afghan children a success Read

Students in Dan Plunkett’s REC 351 class are working with city officials and other local stakeholders to gauge public opinion toward plans for an indoor tennis complex at Green Island Park. The partnership is a kickoff to UWL’s new Community Engaged Learning program, which matches faculty experts and their students with organizations working to address issues in the community.

Class lends time, talents to city tennis project Posted 8 a.m. Monday, March 22, 2021 Community engaged learning puts ball in students’ court Read

UWL’s Community Engagement Council has released a Civic Action Plan detailing how the university aims to bolster student education and address critical issues throughout the community. “The purpose of the UWL CAP is to renew the university’s commitment to the Wisconsin Idea … which is a guiding philosophy that education should influence people’s lives beyond the classroom,” explains Lisa Klein, UWL’s community engagement coordinator.

Committed to the community Posted 1:11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 Civic Action Plan details UWL community engagement efforts Read

Lisa Klein, UWL's community engagement coordinator, shows off the

Queen of the cans Posted 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 Klein’s structure wins Best Original Design in Canstruction® contest Read

UW-La Crosse senior Elyse Weber enjoyed painting in the outdoors earlier in October in rural La Crosse County when the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration opened the gate to 200 acres in Saint Joseph. The visit, along with others from UWL faculty and students, initiated future classes on the land, opening a new collaboration between the university and FSPA.

Country class Posted 10:14 a.m. Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 Students head to rural La Crosse County for COVID safe haven Read

Lisa Klein, UWL's community engagement coordinator, helped create the university's signature

A masterpiece made of meals Posted 2:16 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 UWL Canstruction® project to support local food pantries Read

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